I had forgotten that Azzedine Alaia spent his early years designing the flight suits for the Ukranian Air Force….or maybe I just made that up. Whatever the case, if I can lose 4 more pounds, I know what I’ll be wearing for Halloween this year.

Flats, definitely. You never, ever wear heels for Halloween. I made the mistake once in my life and I’ll never make it again. I was five, my brother was nine. He was a pirate, I was a princess. I had these cute little glittery backless mules with a tiny heel that I was thrilled with. But I couldn’t keep up with my brother and his friends as they raced from house to house getting candy. His stash ended up being ten times mine. Never again. I’m still bitter.

Halloween is over, but you are right; pressure suits really had a huge impact on fashion. And it is time to bring the space age back! Did you know that the the original (green) standard airforce suits were spaypainted with silver for the Mercury 7 astronauts?

Scott. This is the poorest quality picture I’ve seen on this site in all my years of coming here. I love it. That’s 1.

For 2, this is some super sci fi shit brother. Take it from me; I’ve been a geek’s geek long before being a style geek. This is total Alien style, or something you’d see on Dune as someone mentioned above. I’d try to hunt down some footwear wardrobe from the 70′s/80′s sci fi and Anime classics, or at least use the wardrobe design from movies as inspiration. Perhaps some forward designed hi top sneakers or men’s boots will set this cool suit off. Good find brother.